Amid growing calls from lawmakers and human rights groups to shut down the sprawling Dilley Immigration Processing Center in ...

Three McLennan County Sheriff’s Office jail employees remain free on bond after they were named in sealed indictments on use ...

As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health ...

A Texas detention expert says turning a Hutchins warehouse into an ICE facility would fail basic standards and raise major ...

Representatives of the Harris County Sheriff's Office told state commissioners on Thursday they plan to create a medical ...

The diversion center would shift low-level offenders from jail to treatment, aiming to reduce overcrowding and in turn, ...

A new division at the Harris County Jail seeks to improve medical care inside the state's largest pre-trial detention lockup.

The inmate escaped while he was was being transported by van from a court appearance in Downtown Fort Worth.

Officials said construction on the new jailhouse could start in September, but it won't be available for inmates until two years later.

A manhunt is underway after 36-year-old Troy Dugas, an inmate at the Harris County Jail, seen here in this undated police photo, was accidentally released from prison on Aug. 17, according to the ...

For the second time this year, a clerical error at the county jail in Houston has led to the accidental release of an inmate facing felony charges, authorities said ...

The inmate was pronounced dead at the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency in the Harris County Jail, according to HCSO authorities.